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Current meter - speed and Current meter - direction collected from moored buoys in Ross Sea from 2005-12-24 to 2006-02-01 (NCEI Accession 0163990)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: June 28, 2026 at 08:06 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 12, 2019 at 12:00 AM
This dataset contains current speed and direction from a short term mooring in the Ross Sea with current meter placed at 25 m. Five minute averages reported.

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issued 2017-07-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2005-12-24T00:00:00+00:00/2006-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
title Current meter - speed and Current meter - direction collected from moored buoys in Ross Sea from 2005-12-24 to 2006-02-01 (NCEI Accession 0163990)

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